49ers vs. Giants Key Players to Watch | Week 3

Christian McCaffrey and the San Francisco 49ers will host Saquon Barkley and the New York Giants on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET, in a battle featuring a pair of the best runners in the league last year as the primary players to watch.

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49ers vs. Giants Game Info

• Game Date: Thursday, September 21, 2023
• Time: 8:15 PM ET
• Venue: Levi’s Stadium
• Location: Santa Clara, California
• TV: Amazon Prime Video

Top 49ers Players

• Last year Brock Purdy recorded 1,374 passing yards (152.7 per game) while going 114-for-170 (67.1%) and throwing for 13 touchdowns with four interceptions.
• McCaffrey took 244 carries for 1,139 rushing yards a season ago (67 per game) with eight touchdowns. He also caught 85 passes for 741 yards and five TDs through the air.
• Elijah Mitchell totaled 279 rushing yards on 45 carries, with two touchdowns on the ground, last year.
• Last year Brandon Aiyuk hauled in 78 passes for 1,015 yards (59.7 per game) and scored eight touchdowns.
• George Kittle also contributed with 60 catches for 765 yards and 11 touchdowns.
• Nick Bosa put together an impressive stat line of 18.5 sacks, 19 TFL and 51 tackles last year.
• In last year’s campaign, Fred Warner collected 130 tackles, three TFL, two sacks, and one interception.
• Tashaun Gipson intercepted five passes while adding 61 tackles, one TFL, 0.5 sacks, and eight passes defended a season ago.

Top Giants Players

• Daniel Jones collected 3,205 passing yards (200.3 per game) with a 67.2% completion percentage last year, while throwing for 15 touchdowns with five interceptions. He also put up 708 rushing yards on 120 carries plus seven TDs, averaging 44.3 yards per game.
• Barkley racked up 1,312 rushing yards (82 per game) and scored 10 touchdowns. He also tacked on 57 catches for 338 yards.
• Last year Darius Slayton hauled in 46 passes for 724 yards (55.7 per game) with two touchdowns.
• Parris Campbell added 63 grabs for 623 yards and three touchdowns. He was targeted 91 times, and put up 36.6 receiving yards per game.
• Isaiah Hodgins collected 392 yards on 37 catches with four touchdowns in 2022.
• Dexter Lawrence showed out with an impressive stat line of 7.5 sacks, seven TFL and 68 tackles.
• Bobby Okereke’s 2022 campaign saw him total 149 tackles and six TFL.
• Last season Isaiah Simmons grabbed two interceptions and added 99 tackles, five TFL, four sacks, and seven passes defended.

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49ers Fantasy Stats

• McCaffrey finished the 2022 season as the 14th-best fantasy player overall and the second-best fantasy RB with 271.4 fantasy points (16 per game).
• Aiyuk’s 149.8 total fantasy points a season ago (an average of 8.8 per game), were enough to place him 64th overall and 15th among WRs.
• Last year, Kittle was 70th overall and second among TEs with 140.5 fantasy points (averaging 9.4 per game).
• Deebo Samuel was the 105th-ranked fantasy player — and the 33rd-ranked WR — in 2022 with 112.4 fantasy points. He averaged 8.6 fantasy points per game.

Giants Fantasy Stats

• Jones put together a strong 2022 fantasy season, scoring 288.9 total fantasy points (18.1 per game) to finish ninth overall and ninth among QBs in the league-wide fantasy rankings.
• Last year, Barkley finished as the 23rd-ranked fantasy player overall and the sixth-ranked RB. He put up 227 fantasy points, averaging 14.2 per game.
• Campbell closed last season as the No. 50 WR and the No. 138 fantasy player overall. He totaled 86.1 fantasy points (5.1 per game).
• Slayton’s 2022 fantasy rankings saw him finish as the No. 145 player overall and the No. 51 WR after he scored 82.4 fantasy points (6.3 per game).